Definition of slaughter

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Slaughter (v. t.) To butcher; to kill for the market, as beasts..

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Hecatomb :: Hecatomb (n.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims..
Beef :: Beef (n.) The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food..
Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
Slaughterman :: Slaughterman (n.) One employed in slaughtering.
Deathful :: Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
M :: M (n.) A brand or stigma, having the shape of an M, formerly impressed on one convicted of manslaughter and admitted to the benefit of clergy..
Butchering :: Butchering (n.) The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.
Internecine :: Internecine (a.) Involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter; mutually destructive..
Bloodshed :: Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder..
Gambrel :: Gambrel (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Manslayer :: Manslayer (n.) One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.
Appealable :: Appealable (a.) That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing.
Matanza :: Matanza (n.) A place where animals are slaughtered for their hides and tallow.
Abattoir :: Abattoir (n.) A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc..
Slaughter :: Slaughter (v. t.) The act of killing cattle or other beasts for market.
Self-slaughter :: Self-slaughter (n.) Suicide.
Battue :: Battue (v. t.) The wanton slaughter of game.
Knacker :: Knacker (n.) One who slaughters worn-out horses and sells their flesh for dog's meat.
Spill :: Spill (v. t.) To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed, or suffer to be shed, as in battle or in manslaughter; as, a man spills another's blood, or his own blood..
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